The Napoleon Complex: Why smaller males pick fights

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 509-522

  Just, Winfried ^a   Morris, Molly R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assessment of fighting ability; Escalation; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Resource holding power

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346963153     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EVEC.0000005629.54152.83     Document Type: Article

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